AUTHOR: Larkin, JillianTITLE: VixenDATE READ: 03/17/11RATING: 4.5/B+GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: YA Fiction/2010/Inkhouse/421 pgsSERIES/STAND ALAUTHOR: Larkin, JillianTITLE: VixenDATE READ: 03/17/11RATING: 4.5/B+GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: YA Fiction/2010/Inkhouse/421 pgsSERIES/STAND ALONE: #1 in The FlappersTIME/PLACE: 1920's/ChicagoCHARACTERS: Gloria Carmondy/17-yr-old daughter of wealthy Chicago society family -- altho' engaged, desires the flapper lifestyle & her goal is to be a chanteuse in a speakeasy; Clara Knowles/ "country" cousin of Gloria's who is staying w/ Gloria to help w/ the wedding as well as to live a quiet life after her outrageous year in NY as a party girl; Lorraine Dyer/Gloria's social climbing best friendFIRST LINES: They found the entrance exactly as instructed; just before the cracked sign for Malawer's Funeral Parlor, between the tailor and the barbershop, through the rusted gate, eleven creaky steps below street level.COMMENTS: Love the era of the Roaring 20's! Nice debut. 3 girls from nice sedate backgrounds trying to breakout into a different way of life....more